This discussion really reminds me of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, which has the best view of death I've ever encountered. A specific line stands out:

This discussion really reminds me of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, which has the best view of death I've ever encountered. A specific line stands out: > No, no, no… Death is… not. Death isn't. You take my meaning. Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. Well, perhaps it works better in context, but it's just such a succinct summary. "Death isn't." An even more pertinent part involves some actors talking about death on the stage. Acted death is nothing like actual death—it's far more believable. Death on the stage feels pretty similar to death in a game. > GUIL (fear, derision): Actors! The mechanics of cheap melodrama! That isn't death! (More quietly.) You scream and choke and sink to your knees, but it doesn't bring death home to anyone-it doesn't catch them unawares and start the whisper in their skulls that says-"One day you are going to die." (He straightens up.) You die so many times; how can you expect them to believe in your death? PLAYER: On the contrary, it's the only kind they do believe. They're conditioned to it. The whole play is worth reading about death, but that passage, and the part that follows, stand out specifically.